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It's All Greek: Borrowed Words and their Histories
Alexander Tulloch
It's All Greek: Borrowed Words and their Histories
Alexander Tulloch
Did you know that marmalade, pirate, sketch and purse trace their linguistic origins back to the Athens of 500 bce? This book offers a word-by-word look at the influence of Greek on everyday words in English, telling the stories behind their etymological developments.
224 pages, 30 Illustrations, black and white
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | November 16, 2018 |
ISBN13 | 9781851245055 |
Publishers | Bodleian Library |
Pages | 224 |
Dimensions | 192 × 126 × 20 mm · 394 g |
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